Improvement in ruffles



@wat @Mitica AUSTIN KELL'EY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

` Letters Patent No. 95,233, elated September 28, 1869; antedatcd September 16, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUFFLES.

To all whom 'it may concern:

full, clear, and enact description thereof, reference being f had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 shows the fabric before madel Ainto rufles, and

Figure 2 shows the same when made into rufdes. My invention consists in producing'ruflies from a woven` fabric, so that when the article is finished it shall have a selvage wearing-edge. p

. Heretofore, in the manufacture of ruies, particularly those machine-made, it has been the practice to -form a wearing or lower exposed edge, by folding the fabric upon itself, andstitching the folded parts to' gethcr, thus forming a double thickness of fabric at that portion of the article.

While this mode of manufacture enables the producer to use common. wide goods, by tearing the same into strips, the'article is rendered objectionable for several reasons. r i

It is cumbersome in appearance, Will-not present a graceful edge, by reason of its beingrendered stiff by thetightly-drawn stitches necessary to hold down the folded edge, and requiresA a'n additional operation to finish it, fi. e., the stitching or Ahemming of its edge,

which must be done fby mechanism distinct from that which folds and forms the ruffle proper. This 'additional operation renders the product expensive, and ilnposesthe objection I have removed.

`To enable others skilled in the art to make and use `,my invention, I will proceed vto describe its construev I first produce a woven fabric, of Width suitable toV form two ruflies, as shown in the drawings, it having salvage-edges.

This fabric is then introducedinto a machine adapted to form a double ruilde, and is shirred and sewn, as

shown in fig. 2, after which it is divided in its centre longitudinally, and two rues, each having a sclvage 4 wearing-edge will be produced,` v

It is obvious that any quality, color, or material ma be usedto for-m the fabric of which my article is pro# It willbe fulther apparent that by the use of afabf ric having its'edge finished in its production, I am enabld to makev a ruflie without the delay and expense of binding orhemming its edge, and produce an article with many excellencies not attainable by the present mode of manufacture. l y e I am aware that ruiiles are woven complete which have a selvage-edge. This I do not claim; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi- As a new article of manufacture, a machine-shined, crimped, or gathered ruffle, whether provided with.. a band or not, having a selvage-edge formed from 'a fabric, substantially as herein described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set niyhand, this 25th day of J annary, 1869.

' AUSTIN KELLEY.

Witnesses J. M. STOOPS, J .M. MASON. 

